National Team Friendly

National Stadium
Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Reda Benarbia got the match started through his kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Maïssa Badis in the 2nd minute of play forced Scotland's goalkeeper Paddy Galloway to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The corner ended in Noureddine Assad almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Scotland's Paddy Galloway did a great save. After 4 played minutes Noureddine Assad shot from long distance. At first the shot seemed to be simple for Scotland's Paddy Galloway to catch but Noureddine Assad was lucky. It became 1-0 after the goalkeeper had been careless and dropped the ball into goal. 6 minutes into the match, Scotland's goal looked a bit too open when Maïssa Badis came free, but Paddy Galloway reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, MZ Country's Mohamed Souakri got a free kick in the 10th minute. The audience was convinced that João MacDonald's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Gilles Sami Yachir was relentless in the 11th minute of the game. Paddy Galloway stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Reda Benarbia's shot from short distance in the 17th minute. Reda Benarbia could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 18th minute of the match, but Paddy Galloway made a huge save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hamza Aït Salem in the 20th minute of play forced Scotland's goalkeeper Paddy Galloway to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 21 minutes into the match, MZ Country's goal looked a bit too open when Tommy McKichan came free, but Gilles Sami Yachir reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 22 played minutes Scotland got a freekick which was hit by Pogi Manakhov. When João MacDonald came up free with the goalie in the 30th minute, the Scotland fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that João MacDonald couldn't finish the play. When MZ Country's Hicham Khaled in the 32nd minute got a chance for a shot 32nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Scotland's goalie prevented a goal. MZ Country were awarded a corner in the 34th minute after Scotland's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Noureddine Assad took the corner. Noureddine Assad made a great header on MZ Country's corner, it was just that Scotland's Paddy Galloway managed to reach the ball for a save. Reda Benarbia in the 36thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Paddy Galloway, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. When Scotland's Tommy McKichan in the 38th minute got a chance for a shot 38th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye MZ Country's goalie prevented a goal. The Scotland fans' excitement grew in the 38th match minute when Scotland's Tommy McKichan looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 1-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Scotland's Paddy Galloway played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Reda Benarbia in the 40th minute of play. After 42 minutes, Hicham Khaled mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the MZ Country and the Scotland players grew even worse after the yellow card. Hicham Khaled kicked well hit freekick during the 42nd minute of the match. Tommy McKichan fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 44th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gilles Sami Yachir having to interfere. Gilles Sami Yachir took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Miles McLardy, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a little luck, Scotland's Paddy Galloway got control of the ball when Hamza Aït Salem tried to sneak it across the goal line. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Tommy McKichan stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Gilles Sami Yachir was out of position in the 55 minute of play, and João MacDonald capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. João MacDonald really showed his touch with that goal: 1-2. João MacDonald blasted a shot towards the goal in the 67th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Gilles Sami Yachir having to make a save. Scotland made a substitution. Nathan McNeilly replaced João MacDonald. MZ Country's Hicham Khaled got a good chance for a goal in the 71st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After a rather tough play, MZ Country's Mohamed Souakri got a free kick in the 72nd minute. Gilles Sami Yachir showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nathan McNeilly in the 78th minute of the match. Scotland made a substitution. Gregor Nelson replaced Ewan Bruce. After 89 minutes of play, Scotland's Nathan McNeilly made it 1-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Gilles Sami Yachir was left in no man's land by his defense there! MZ Country's Assia Dahleb was substituted for Hicham Khaled. Gilles Sami Yachir didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Scotland's Nathan McNeilly shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-4 in the ordered_time% minute. The Scotland players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.